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 Karuna Arts Yoga


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Anne Basco, E-RYT 500, Yoga Instructor/Owner


Anne is the founder of Karuna Arts Yoga and  has 25 years experience teaching healing exercise in a variety of yoga and  physical therapy settings. With 25 years experience, Anne facilitates personal embodiment of mind-body consciousness utilizing observational, physical treatment skills, and a deep belief and commitment to the powerful role yoga plays in centering oneself in mind mind-body consciousness.

Anne seeks diverse training opportunities in order to facilitate a diverse palate from which to reach each student, among these are:

200 Hour Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Training: Laura Yon Brooks

300 Hour Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Therapy Training:  Ananda Seva Mission including the following trainers:

  • Richard Miller, Yoga Nidra

  • Antonio Sausys, Yoga for Greiving

  • Saraswati Burman, Ayurveda

  • Gloria Tucker, MD, Yoga for the Elderly

  • Jnani Chapman, RN, Yoga for Cancer Patients

Teacher Training:  Erich Schiffmann & Leslie Bogart

Further Trainings:  TKV Desikachar, Sarah Powers, Eric Klein, Stacy Lawson

Anne receives private yoga clients for those seeking a personalized practice.
Sessions with Anne are designed for your personal needs and schedule.  Anne offers In Depth Yoga Study opportunities for those who wish to deepen their understanding  of the powerful role yoga plays in personal embodiment of mind-body consciousness.

Contact the Studio:  206/878-9642


 

Rajani Susan Reanier

Rajani Susan Reanier has studied classical yoga with Baba Hari Dass since 1980 and earned her yoga teacher certification from Mount Madonna Center in 1999. She is an RYT, registered yoga teacher with the national Yoga Alliance.

She has studied hatha yoga in the Iyengar tradition and Anusara style with a variety of teachers, and is currently pursuing certification as an Anusara yoga instructor.

As a wife, mother, and professional educator, she values yoga in her personal and professional life for the discipline, balance, and peace it offers. Her aim in teaching is to invite students to experience their inner wisdom and brilliance, to enjoy movement, and to find peace.

 

Bio's To Be Added:

Avril Steele, RYT

Gentle Yoga, Yoga Nidra

Lorina Lizama, RYT

Warm Flow Yoga

Leslie Ekas, RYT

Healthy Bones Yoga

Warm All Levels Yoga

Nicole Hale, RYT

Beginner Yoga

Meg Morris, RYT

All Levels Yoga

Leukemia/Lymphoma Fundraiser October 16, 2011, 1-3 @ Karuna Arts Yoga

 

 

Joyce E. Vopni, RYT

Joyce is a graduate of the 15-month Yoga Study Program at Karuna Arts Yoga. A certified Medicinal Herbalist, she brings years of Ayurvedic training and dosha study to her practice and teaching. Trained and mentored by K. P. Khalsa, AHG and Chanchal Cabrera, MNIMH, AHG, she has also earned certificates of Herbal Studies with Christopher Hobbs L.Ac. at Bastyr University. For years Joyce taught in the Herbal Medicine Programs at Bellevue, Olympia, Tacoma and Highline Community Colleges. It was during her Ayurvedic studies the she developed an interest yoga and especially its effects on balancing the systems of the body.

Joyce will complete her 500 hour level Yoga Therapist Certification in July 2010.

 

Roger Schert, RYT

Roger began Yoga with the asana’s taught by the Transcendental Mediation teachers in the 1970’s. He has been on a spiritual quest since then and has learned several varieties of energy healing, shamanism, meditation, and karate. He joined Normandy Park Yoga’s Instructor Training Program in 2006. He has been a Reiki Master since 1995. He is a Celtic Shamanic practitioner and is passionate about helping people reach their highest potential. He understands that the greatest human potential occurs when the body, mind and soul are treated in a compassionate and holistic manner.

 

 

 
   

 


 

 

 
   

 

 

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